Started smoking cigarettes around 12 years old, was addicted by 14, and at my worst I was chain smoking a pack of 20 Djarum Black Grande a day (those are the Camel Wides of clove cigarettes, btw).
At the end of 2019 and coming up on 40 years old, I finally made the decision to quit (2020 was gonna be my year! lmao). I started switching to an ecig for the last few months of the year, then only the vape after 2020 hit.
After a few years of vaping the lowest strength of VUSE pods, I switched to a vape pen that uses refillable pods and vape juice. I had my suspicions that I was more addicted to the act of inhaling smoke/vapor than the nicotine itself and switched to 0% nicotine juice as a test. No issues at all there, didn’t miss the nicotine at all.
My health is way better, I spend a fraction of what I used to on my habit (one bottle of juice costs under$ 20 lasts a couple weeks), and I no longer stink like an ashtray…
BUT…
My addiction is absolutely still there - even without the nicotine. I still get irritable and cranky if I can’t take a few puffs off my vape when I want. I do plan to quit vaping entirely at some point if I live that long.
Started smoking cigarettes around 12 years old, was addicted by 14, and at my worst I was chain smoking a pack of 20 Djarum Black Grande a day (those are the Camel Wides of clove cigarettes, btw).
At the end of 2019 and coming up on 40 years old, I finally made the decision to quit (2020 was gonna be my year! lmao). I started switching to an ecig for the last few months of the year, then only the vape after 2020 hit.
After a few years of vaping the lowest strength of VUSE pods, I switched to a vape pen that uses refillable pods and vape juice. I had my suspicions that I was more addicted to the act of inhaling smoke/vapor than the nicotine itself and switched to 0% nicotine juice as a test. No issues at all there, didn’t miss the nicotine at all.
My health is way better, I spend a fraction of what I used to on my habit (one bottle of juice costs under$ 20 lasts a couple weeks), and I no longer stink like an ashtray…
BUT…
My addiction is absolutely still there - even without the nicotine. I still get irritable and cranky if I can’t take a few puffs off my vape when I want. I do plan to quit vaping entirely at some point if I live that long.